The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF) has published the final report on their 2017 national symposium on children’s participation in justice processes.

Children’s Participation in Justice Processes: Survey of Justices on Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench presents the results of a survey of justices on Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench. The survey aimed to obtain judges’ opinions on the importance of obtaining children’s views in court proceedings which affect them, the best ways of obtaining those views, and the extent to which judges have had experience soliciting the views of children. The study concludes with a number of recommendations for hearing children’s views.

Children’s Participation in Justice Processes: Survey of Justices on Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench is available online here: http://www.crilf.ca/Documents/ABQB_Justices%20Survey_Child_Participation_-_August_2018.pdf.